Where the Human Rights
and the Drug War exhibit
has been shown

The HRDW exhibit was launched in 1995 and has been shown
in numerous venues since then. There are now multiple
versions of the display that are circulating at the same
time. Below you will find the historical listing of most of
our previous showings.

They are listed in chronological order.

1995
Showings

 Fort Mason Conference Center, San Francisco
, CA, June 24 and 25, 1995. The Grand Opening presentation
of Human Rights 95: Atrocities of the Drug War coincided
with the 50th anniversary of the UN Charter. This highly
successful event included an entertaining and a pertinent
program, entitled, Give Drug Peace a Chance. The evening's
program was hosted by political satirist Paul Krassner, and
featured SF District Attorney Terrence Hallinan; philosopher
/ psychologist Ram Dass, a number of prominent Bay Area
activists, and presentations of spoken word, comedy,
prisoner poetry readings, and musical guests.

 Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, for the
month of August, 1995. Sponsored by the San Francisco Arts
Commission in conjunction with the musical drama production,
Prison Life.

 Drug Policy Foundation's Ninth Annual
International Conference, at Loew's Santa Monica Beach
Hotel, Santa Monica, CA, Oct. 19 to 22, 1995. This showing
brought the exhibit to a broad audience of conference
attendees and was open to the general public.

1996 Showings

 Santa Cruz Public Library throughout the
month of March, 1996. It was very well-received, and
accompanied a Drug War Teach In, at which the mayor of Santa
Cruz proclaimed a special day in honor of the teach-in.

 Whole Life Expo, at the SF Fashion Center,
San Francisco, CA, April 26 to 28, 1996.

 First National Harm Reduction Conference,
Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, CA., September 18 to
21, 1996. Attended by mental health providers, social
workers, public health professionals, educators, community
and spiritual leaders, researchers, academics, policy
makers, law enforcement agents, and others affected by drug
use and the drug economy.

 Medical Marijuana Show and Hemp Festival,
Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.,
September 28 to 29, 1996. This was a benefit for the
California medical marijuana initiative. The exhibit
featured marijuana cases, only.

 Oakland City Hall, CA., September 23 to
October 9, 1996. Open to the general public and widely
viewed by city government officials and workers.

 State of the World Forum, Fairmont Hotel,
San Francisco, CA., October 3 to 5, 1996. This conference
was attended by world leaders and opinion makers concerned
with the future of the planet. Set up was in conjunction
with the roundtable entitled, "Creative approaches to the
Drug Crisis," and later viewed by the greater conference
attendees to the general plenary session and evening
banquet.

 The Committee on Unjust Sentencing Awards
Night, Acme Gallery, San Francisco, CA., October 21,
1996. Exhibit featured psychedelic and marijuana POWs, as
part of an art show entitled, "Psychedelicatession,"
following a conference on Entheobotany. Human Rights 95
received an award "For Valorous Conduct in the War on
Drugs."

1997
Showings

 1997 New Mexico Legislative Session, Capitol
Rotunda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February to March, 1997.
Considered "one of the highlights" of the session. Viewed by
approximately 1,000 people, including lawmakers and their
aides. Sponsored by the New Mexico Drug Policy
Foundation.

 Hemp BC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, February 18
to 20, 1997. Displayed sampling of marijuana case histories
and photos in this well-known hemp store. The showing
coincided with the North American Commercial Hemp Symposium
at the convention center.

 International Women's Day, Women's
Building, San Francisco, CA, March 8 to 9, 1997. Exhibit
featured female POWs and "What about the children?"
sections.

 The Truth About Prisons, the Drug Economy, and
The Growing Resistance of African People, Faith
Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA., April 19, 1997. Exhibit
featured African American POWs. Viewed by attendees to the
organizing workshop for the African People's Socialist
Party.

 The 420 Extravaganja, Maritime Hall, San
Francisco, CA., April 20, 1997. Hemp festival, marijuana
awareness and musical celebration event. Viewed by thousands
of young people at a popular San Francisco music venue.
Display featured marijuana POWs. Sponsored by the Cannabis
Action Network.

 North American Syringe Exchange Convention,
Holiday Inn on the Bay, San Diego, CA., April 25, 1997. Used
transparencies of selected photos and case histories to
illustrate human rights violations as part of a panel on
human rights.

 National Association of Sentencing Advocates
Conference, Holiday Inn, San Francisco, May 1 to 3,
1997. Affiliated with the Sentencing Project. Viewed by
public defenders, educators, social workers, and other
criminal justice advocates.

 Seeking Justice for the Imprisoned, First
Congregational Church of Oakland, May 3, 1997. Sponsored by
the Criminal Justice Consortium. Attended by prisoner
advocacy groups, legislators, and the general public.

 First Congregational Church of Oakland,
CA., May 3 to June 9, 1997. Church-sponsored exhibit was
open to the church congregation, students, and visiting
clergy and community groups.

 Criminal Justice Program of the American
Friends Service Committee, Grand Opening of offices,
Oakland, CA., June 7, 1997.

 The 420 Hemp Expo, Maritime Hall, San
Francisco, CA, April 19, 1998. Hemp festival, marijuana
awareness and musical celebration event. Viewed by thousands
of young people at a popular San Francisco music venue.
Display featured marijuana POWs. Sponsored by Cannabis
Action Network and Positive Solutions Group, Inc.

 Global Drug Peace Rally, Civic Center
Plaza, San Francisco, CA. June 6, 1998. Speakers,
information, rave. Sponsored by Legalize!Initiative, in
conjunction with the 1998 Global Days Against the Drug War
preceding the United Nations General Assembly Special
Session on Drugs.

 United Nations General Assembly Special Session
on Drugs, UN building, New York, NY, June 8 to 10.
Exhibit area.

 League of Women Voters National Conference,
San Diego, CA, June, 1998. Set up by a New Mexico chapter
and the New Mexico Drug Policy Foundation.

 Junior State of America Annual Convention,
San Jose, CA, April 23-25, 1999. Program designed to help
students develop skills for student government and increase
political awareness.

 Milestones, San Francisco, CA, month of
April, 1999. Criminal justice social service agency, that
provides community-based intervention and treatment
services. Viewed by recovering addicts and visitors to the
center.

 SF Million Marijuana March, San Francisco,
CA, May 1, 1999. Rally at United Nations Plaza.

 Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center,
Boulder, CO, May 8, 1999. Benefit for Mothers in Prison
Children in Crisis.

Ongoing Shows and Special
Editions

In addition, Human Rights and the Drug War has
created these special editions of the exhibit :

 Drug Peace House, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
November and December, 1995. Following the Dutch
installation, this complete, but modified reproduction of
the original exhibit was taken to a conference on Prisoners
of the War on Drugs in Heidelberg, Germany, in February,
1996. It is currently on display at the House of Hemp in
London, England where it is receiving international
attention and media coverage.

 The Lindesmith Center West, San Francisco,
CA, grand opening, May 10, 1996. A permanent installation,
entitled Prisoners of the War on Drugs, is on display in the
conference room at this drug policy and research center.

 The Drug Policy Forum of Texas, Houston,
TX, August, 1996. To be displayed at a series of forums held
throughout the state of Texas, this 11- piece display
entitled, "Prisoners of the Drug War," contains information
and a sampling of case histories with photos that illustrate
a variety of drug war issues.

 New England FAMM, April, 1997. 12 piece
display, used for community organizing.

Past showings in the Washington DC
area

August 20, 1998 - September 5, 1998 Dolly Madison
Community Library; McLean VA (display received as
"wonderful--too bad we couldn't have it longer" by
unidentified librarian opening display case for
removal).